r/Detective↗
A Subreddit For All Things Detective
Detect or discover the existence of;
30k subscribers167 posts / mo in Sep 2026153 authors / mosince 2011
r/Detective has 30k members (+71% over the last 12 months). It gets about 167 posts a month from 153 people. Top topics: Missing Persons Help, Lab and PI Issues and Mystery & Detective Stories.
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Topics and brands on r/Detective
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Missing Persons Help1.5%
- Lab and PI Issues1.1%
- Mystery & Detective Stories0.5%
- Serial Killers and Detectives0.5%
- Police Enforcement0.3%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Reddit Help
- Ancestry
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